NEW ORLEANS

New Orleans is a city set to music so soulful and sweet that everyone you meet knows the score. It’s a place where pleasure rises with the sun. You might think a day that begins with hot beignets and chicory coffee could not get better, but you’d be wrong. There are lobster po-boys for lunch and she-crab soup, and the sun’s not yet on the horizon. When it does slip beneath the jewel-tipped waves of the Gulf, dance your way down shiny streets through tropical mists that wash all your cares away. You’ll know the steps. Everyone does. That’s why they call it the ‘Big Easy.’